Rack pulls in my opinion are important for CONSISTENT strength gains. If you have ever had trouble with strength gains then you will see a difference when you pull partials. Rack pulls push you beyond limits that you cannot reach with DL's.

If your goal is strictly strength then these are for you. I promise if done right and with enough intensity they will push you beyond limits like never before

Trust me these workouts will push you to the limits, but after you end the cycle drop back to a 6 week cycle doing heavy singles only and rep work on assistance lifts. You will see MASSIVE gains, it worked for me t will work for you!

oh yeah and in the realm of strongman shoulders are important which means they deserve a full workout to themselves. HEAVY just like the back and legs! Nothing works like push presses as heavy as you can!

Rack pulls in my opinion are important for CONSISTENT strength gains. If you have ever had trouble with strength gains then you will see a difference when you pull partials. Rack pulls push you beyond limits that you cannot reach with DL's.

If your goal is strictly strength then these are for you. I promise if done right and with enough intensity they will push you beyond limits like never before

Do they help you with your actual DL from the floor? I've observed mixed results in people with these in actually improving their competition DL, with probably more misses than hits.
I'm not against rack pulls and I certainly see the usefullness for strongmen who may have to pull an 18" DL in competition. Any rack pulls I do are below the knee at least a couple inches since my weakness is the lower half of the DL.

Do they help you with your actual DL from the floor? I've observed mixed results in people with these in actually improving their competition DL, with probably more misses than hits.
I'm not against rack pulls and I certainly see the usefullness for strongmen who may have to pull an 18" DL in competition. Any rack pulls I do are below the knee at least a couple inches since my weakness is the lower half of the DL.

Yeah, i agree with the below the knee. Even these throw me out of form though. I have also done *******s with 700 for sets of 12 and it is basicalliy a trap/upper back exercise that does too much CNS damage. Like i said, if i want to hit high end i will pull with 200lbs of chains, your form stays the same and they really can teach you to grind a deadlift out. But still, i know Goggins and i beleive Chuck V do heavy racks.

Yeah, i agree with the below the knee. Even these throw me out of form though. I have also done *******s with 700 for sets of 12 and it is basicalliy a trap/upper back exercise that does too much CNS damage. Like i said, if i want to hit high end i will pull with 200lbs of chains, your form stays the same and they really can teach you to grind a deadlift out. But still, i know Goggins and i beleive Chuck V do heavy racks.

As does Andy B, KK...the list goes on.
I recently had a phase were my ******* stalled at my knees, did a 4 week mesocycle centered around heavy partial below and at my knee plus goodmornings, pullthroughs and boom..20kg PB